Highlights: Keeping Cool

It’s June.  It’s hot.  There are 10 days of school left.  I’m stressed out and I’m sweaty.  When these factors combine, I want to cool off and I want to eat junk.  Luckily, there’ve been lots of blog posts about homemade ice cream and popsicles.  I haven’t tried any of them yet (though we did make some yummy strawberry/yogurt pops last week), but I definitely have plans to–once final exams are over.  In the meanwhile, the 2 containers of Ben and Jerry’s in our freezer are gonna have to help me pull through.

Ice Cream:

• Strawberry Ice Cream from YumSugar
• 20 Cool Ice Cream Concoctions are featured on the Kitchn
• Tasty Kitchen has a post linking to over 30 ice cream/frozen yougurt/sorbet recipes.  Yes, please!
• Blueberry Buttermilk Ice Cream on Grist
• The Tasty Kitchen post also links to a David Lebovitz article I’ve been dreaming of: “How to Make Ice Cream Without a Machine”. Now maybe I can stop dreaming of buying the ice cream maker attachment for my Kitchenaid and start making ice cream!
• Slashfood has a new idea for an ice cream sandwich–put ice cream between 2 Pop Tarts.
  

Popsicles:

• Rachel’s Tropical Popsicles – I cannot wait to make these…as soon as I purchase a new popsicle mold.  Ours sustained some damage during the removal of our last batch.
• Homemade Mango Coconut Popsicles on $5 Dinners
• Chocolate Banana Popsicles on Whole Foods Kids.  Yes, please.

Finally, though it has nothing to do with frozen desserts, Cheap Healthy Good just re-posted an excellent piece on keeping cool when it’s hot outside (and inside).

Best of luck staying cool!